Posted by RobertDavid on October 4, 2005, at 0:01:28
In reply to Re: Social anxiety, posted by tizza on October 3, 2005, at 1:52:38
I have battled with Social Anxiety all my life. In my teens I self medicated with alcohol. I was on a life long search for the answers, tried all kinds of therapy, then after little help resorted to meds. I tried every anti depressant out there. None worked, just side affects. Finally settled on Klonopin and have been on it for 11 years. Changed my life, but my mood was always a bit down. I have been looking for a better alternative for years, searching, reading and talking with my doc (one of the best anxiety dr's in the world). He told me 6 months ago about Lyrica. It has just been approved and in 1.5 weeks am at half way to being totally off Klonopin and solely on Lyrica. My anxiety is low and my mood is up. Klonopin did help me, but it I was never better than 70% and wanted to be 100%. There is always hope, new meds, new information. I'm really keeping my eye on EMSAM, the MAOI patch that my doc tells me should be out in the next 6 months or so. I've always wanted to try one, but never wanted to gain the weight, loose my libido and have the food restrictions. It appears that the patch will resolve those issues. I plan to stay with Lyrica and when the patch comes out, blend them (unless I'm close to my 100%). My doc says Lyrica will be okay to take with the patch. Anyway, sorry for the long babble. I hope it's useful to someone out there.....
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